Bettors will need to have their heads on a swivel in Week 9. In correlation with Halloween, the upcoming slate has a chance to be more trick than treat. The NFL is coming off a couple of weeks where favorites have dominated. That includes Week 8, where favorites went 11-2 ATS. That 84.6% cover rate was the best since Week 16 in 1985. ( Yes, you read that right) . When you pair that with the Week 9 slate of games opening with nine home underdogs , there's the possibility for carnage as water finds its level.

That puts an ever greater emphasis on trying to find the mismatches this week and locate possible upsets, so that we ride with the underdogs instead of feeling their wrath. Below, we've identified five games where we could see upsets in Week 9.

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